Modern Warfare 2's Favela map removed for offensive religious imagery
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Favela was my favorite map. :(
these kind of religious people really need to stop being so fucking entitled and actually show some fucking respect; this is a shit comparison but I'm an atheist, I believe in evolution, if I see someone preaching creationism I don't launch into a debate about it, I just let them be and silently become slightly more of a smug cunt about the whole thing
it's all opinion, and while most people do hold their opinions in pretty high regard you've got to have the civility to realize that your opinion is subjective and that religion, evolution etc are opinions just like any others (some albeit more substantiated by actual facts, mind you). I'm not even asking for religion to be given less respect than other things, I'm asking for it to be given the same respect as any other opinion, like 'my favourite colour is blue'
and finally [h2]stop fucking nitpicking[/h2] - if you're angry at the world don't use your religion as an excuse; [b]TELL US WHY[/b]
I hate how I'm talking about religious people like they're a single homogenous group; they're not. Most religious people (and most people tbh) are nice and use it as an excuse to help their lives but some - like in every walk of life - are cunts, who should [b]not be allowed to use their spiritual beliefs to get their own way or inconvenience people[/b]. You get entitled cunts like this everywhere and they should just be ridiculed and then ignored, a la r/atheism.
Favela was my favorite map too.
What a bizarre faith.
If I was Activision, I would've turned it into a poster of Muhammad being fucked by a goat.
Does anybody have a good picture of that picture?
I'm failing to see the quote.
This is fucking sad. Grow a fucking pair and stop making the whole world bend over to your idiocy.
It's funny how they don't have anything against the fact that 70% of terrorists in games are arabs.
[QUOTE=J-RcZ;37958711]Does anybody have a good picture of that picture?
I'm failing to see the quote.[/QUOTE]
its written around the frame, video is at the top of the page.
also the only reason I'm going on about this is the utter triviality and pointlessness of it; it's not about democracy or free speech or the arab world moving towards a stable, prosperous future or any of these pretty noble ambitions, it's about a single texture in a single map in a single game placed that wouldn't offend if it was placed 2 meters away - ugh
Anyone remember OOT's Fire Temple and The-song-that-delayed-Little Big Planet?
When I looked at this, I was thinking, that if anything, they would be complaining of the Christo Redentor (Jeseus Christ) statue in the skybox. I wasn't thinking it would seriously be as small as this.
Muslims are such crybabies. This isn't the dark ages anymore.
Why such a drastic solution? Taking the pictures out would've been perfect. The Muslims won't have the offensive images and the rest won't even notice.
[QUOTE=racerfan;37958898]When I looked at this, I was thinking, that if anything, they would be complaining of the Christo Redentor (Jeseus Christ) statue in the skybox. I wasn't thinking it would seriously be as small as this.[/QUOTE]
Nah, that would be way too obvious. This is a texture that you can only read by viewing the file directly. It's totally different!
I thought the video was satirical. I'm surprised they acted on it.
[QUOTE=TheSporeGA;37958531]are you serious
here is the video in question:
[video=youtube;4M6JIUn9bDU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M6JIUn9bDU&feature=player_embedded[/video][/QUOTE]
Does the guy really leave the virtual bathroom to say the quote? This is beyond retarded. It's a shame companies are such pushovers. "Oh gosh, the Muslims (or soccer moms, or whoever) might be offended, better bend to their will, otherwise we might get some bad press."
Anyone who gets offended by something as stupid as this can just fuck off.
this is so fucking retarded
[QUOTE=EzioAuditore;37958936] This isn't the dark ages anymore.[/QUOTE]
Are you sure?
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;37959205]How about they put a "MIGHT BE OFFENSIVE TO CRYBABIES" warning on start-up.[/QUOTE]
They already do, but it's about the massacre that goes on. Small potatoes compared to this blasphemy.
[editline]8th October 2012[/editline]
I just realized all my posts in this thread are sarcastic, but I can't take this shit seriously. It's so dumb it's beyond words.
Are you fuckin' shitting me?
Haahahaha, oh my god
I think political correctness just manifested itself into a physical object and is now spewing out of my monitor. Well at least they can say they've done something different with Call of Duty now
They should turn it into a pink and black checkerboards pattern
To be honest: I can't see shit. It's a fucking tree.
Activision must have some Muslims among their employees.
I'm kind of surprised Assassins Creed hasn't been hit by this shit, if MW2 is just now.
On the bright side, if I ever feel like playing MW2 again (hopefully not) I don't have to deal with Favela.
[QUOTE=TheSporeGA;37958545]If I was activision I would make the frame 10 times worse[/QUOTE]
I'd remove the map but when I'd put it back in the painting would still be there with "deal with it" written on the wall under it.
Guys wait. What if this was a work of a troll disguising themselves as Muslims in order to hurt Call of Duty franchise. As a Muslim myself, I rather ignore such silly drawing. In fact, most of the time I play the map, I rarely hide in that place probably because players are too busy trying to kill each other instead of enjoying any map scenery
[QUOTE=KILLTHIS;37959559]To be honest: I can't see shit. It's a fucking tree.[/QUOTE]
It's literally some blurry arabic text along the picture frame's border. Apparently someone with supervision can read it as praise for Allah. In a bathroom. Which is apparently a bad thing and blasphemous.
I'm real tired of the Muslim/Islamist outrages lately, but this is not only stupid on pure principle, but also shows how even [i]three-year-old games[/i] aren't safe from censoring to stupid degrees, just because a company doesn't want any bad rep. How is some random near-illegible (and probably gibberish) text on a picture frame any worse than the violence and warfare depicted, from killing favela criminals en masse in MW2 and arabic individuals in MW1 as well as the infamous airport level?
[QUOTE=EzioAuditore;37958936]Muslims are such crybabies. This isn't the dark ages anymore.[/QUOTE]
. My theory is that there are some atheist trolls who claim themselves as Muslims and wrote a complain about this.
[editline]9th October 2012[/editline]
This isn't so blatantly obvious. I thought most players have move on from MW2. Why the fuck is there still people playing MW2. Cod players are also the cry babies as well. They might as well play Battlefield 3
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